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Medical file:After many years of research in the ubiquitination area, Prof Pezzino began to develop an agravated paranoia syndrome. He claimed he had been targeted for degradation and has been living a life of fear since then. He is ofter troubled with nightmares where he is chased by a demonic proteasome threating to kill him. Prof Pezzino showers three times per day to wash away the ubiquitin residues.

------------------------------Note:Inside the cells proteins are produced and degraded according needs. When proteins need to be quickly degraded they get ubiquitinated, i.e., a series of ubiquitine groups are added to the target protein, marking it to degradation. [link]I often look at this mechanism as a small Mafia inside each cell. This is the whole basis of Dr Pezzinos joke. Of course he had to be Italian.